Ropes Creek
{{About|the watercourse|the suburb|Ropes Crossing, New South Wales}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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| name_etymology = In honour of Anthony Rope{{NSW GNR|id=ujwGZxsyan|title=Ropes Creek|access-date=4 August 2013}}
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| subdivision_name1 = Australia
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| subdivision_name2 = New South Wales
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| subdivision_name3 = Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney
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| subdivision_name5 = Liverpool, Fairfield, Penrith, Blacktown
| length = {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| source1_location = near {{NSWcity|Cecil Park}}
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| source1_elevation = {{convert|103|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = confluence with South Creek
| mouth_location = {{NSWcity|Ropes Crossing}}
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| river_system = Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
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Ropes Creek, a watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Ropes Creek rises in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, near Devils Back Tunnel, about {{convert|4|km}} north north-east of {{NSWcity|Cecil Park}}. The creek flows generally north before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of {{NSWcity|Ropes Crossing}}, north of the Wianamatta Regional Park. The creek descends {{convert|68|m}} over its {{convert|23|km}} course.
Ropes Creek is transversed by the Westlink M7 at Cecil Park; the M4 Western Motorway between {{NSWcity|Erskine Park}} and {{NSWcity|Colyton}}; and the Great Western Highway and the Main Western railway line east of {{NSWcity|Oxley Park}}.
The creek in named in honour of Anthony Rope, a First Fleet convict who it is assumed was granted land fronting the creek.
Part of surrounding area to the north-west professionally assessed for its ecological values in 2015, documenting occurrences of threatened species.{{Cite web |last=EcoLogical Australia |title=Ropes Creek Precinct - Biodiversity and Riparian Assessment |url=https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/dpe-files-production/s3fs-public/dpp/232547/Ropes%20Creek%20Biodiversity%20and%20Riparian%20Assessment.pdf}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/files/42ff03ad-ceb1-429e-836a-a08a0108aaa2/StateoftheWaterways-RopesCreek.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=City of Blacktown |work=State of the waterways: Management plan |title=Ropes Creek |year=2005 }}
- {{cite map |url=http://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/files/9134dab5-42bb-44d4-9801-a08a0108e78d/StateoftheWaterways-RopesCreek-AssociatedMap1.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=City of Blacktown |title=State of the waterways: Ropes Creek - Associated Map 1 |year=2005 }}
- {{cite map |url=http://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/files/5c2d498c-cbf3-4b59-9d8d-a08a010918f4/StateoftheWaterways-RopesCreek-AssociatedMap2.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=City of Blacktown |title=State of the waterways: Ropes Creek - Associated Map 2 |year=2005 }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.friendsofropescreek.org/home |title=Friends of Ropes Creek }} website
{{The Hawkesbury River |state=autocollapse}}
{{Waterways of Sydney |state=autocollapse}}
{{Rivers of the Sydney Basin |state=autocollapse}}
{{Coord|33|50|S|150|48|E|region:AU-NSW_type:river|display=title}}
Category:Creeks and canals of Sydney
Category:City of Liverpool (New South Wales)
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